From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
The CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils has approved the Regulations on anti-terrorist operation "Mercenary”
08.06.2023
Chairman of the CSTO CSSC, State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said that the meeting gave "a clear brief analysis of the military and political situation in the regions of collective security”.
"Nine documents were considered. The main ones are the approval of the regulation on the regional anti-terrorist operation “Mercenary”, the regulation on material reserves of formations of the forces and means of collective security, the approval of the plan of the main activities of control bodies," he told reporters.
Volfovich has informed that during the narrow meeting, which was attended by the heads of delegations, "the situation was reviewed and a clear brief analysis of the military and political situation in the regions of collective security was given”. "The heads of delegations noted the challenges and threats that were posed today to the Collective Security Treaty Organization in a particular region of collective security. A set of measures that will neutralize these threats and ensure security in the CSTO has been proposed," the Secretary of State said.
Speaking about the meeting of the committee members with the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko before the meeting, Volfovich said that the head of the Republic chairing the CSTO in 2023 pointed out that the potential of the committee was not exhausted and directed its participants to a more dynamic and coordinated work. "The task has been set to start working on a new collective security concept for the period up to 2035, which will contribute to strengthening peace and security in our countries," the Secretary of State said.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov participated in the meeting.
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